One of the burdens that comes along with being a healer is the unenviable task of buff management. Druids have Mark of the Wild and can provide various buffs, depending on the form that they are in. Paladins spent the last two expansions dealing with the constant bickering about which blessing each person in the … [Read more of this article]
What You Should Know About Dark Intent
Were the Priest Buffs Needed?
Yeah, probably. I didn’t realize that Priests were a little underpowered in the regen department. That’s one of the benefits of doing stuff in guild groups. I was getting the encounters down, but they weren’t exactly the prettiest kills. Over the previous weekend when we were grinding out the heroics, I would almost get to … [Read more of this article]
How do You Ask Mages for Water?
Water. Without it, all raids would become excruciatingly longer as healers would have to halt and gas up after every attempt. I don’t know about you, buy the raids I’m in tend to have a lot of biscuit-hungry players. They just devour the entire table. Sometimes we have to ask for single conjures. And let’s … [Read more of this article]
Thoughts on Rapture and Mana Regen
I wanted to put some thoughts together on the post 3.1 Rapture ability and our overall mana regen. A lot of players have contacted me and wondered why I thought it was a buff and asked what it meant for their mana regeneration. Why am I so optimistic about something that’s going to tank our … [Read more of this article]
Guardian Spirit Works on Kel’Thuzad
Derevka from Tales of a Priest asked me to issue a World of Matticus all points bulletin: 8:50 PM Derevka: word to the wise, Kelthuzzad CAN be buffed with Guardian Spirit while you are MC’d. We had 10 seconds of “OMG DONT KILL HIM!” For those of you unaware, if you kill a subject with … [Read more of this article]
The Utility of Utility
I consider myself to be an okay tank healer, but an excellent raid healer. I love Circle of Healing, and when you catch me off-guard enough to admit it, I’ll say my favorite spells are the ones I can cast while pounding my spacebar and hopping around. Yes, I am “that type†of raider. I … [Read more of this article]
3 Reasons Why I Pick Blackened Sporefish ove...
People choose the paths that gain them the greatest rewards for the least amount of effort. That’s the law of nature." Dr. Gregory House I wanted to highlight another one of my oh-so-important thought processes today on why I decide to do some things one way and not another. My debut column at WoW Insider … [Read more of this article]
Quick Tip to Mentally Calculate Stamina Afte...
I was just going through my trackbacks. I get a lot of guilds that link to some of my lists (particularly the Karazan and Zul’Aman one). While visiting one of these Guild forums, there was a poster who was skeptical about some of the ZA numbers I had written. It was specifically about a Paladin … [Read more of this article]